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Polish Ports - FROMBORK

FROMBORK

54°21' N

19°40' E

STATISTICS ON VESSELS TRAFFIC

Local commune administration authority

FROMBORK TOWN AND COMMUNE COUNCIL
14-530 Frombork, ul. Młynarska 5a
tel.: (055) 2437203, fax: 2437204

Chief of local authority
Mayor Krystyna Lewańska

Controlling maritime authority
	FROMBORK BOATSWAIN'S OFFICE ul. Portowa 2 14-530 Frombork

Contact of maritime authority
Harbour Boatswain
Romuald Jachimowicz
tel. (055) 2437219

Harbour radio
VHF Channel 16

Navigational aids:
The old harbour of Frombork is located in the southern part of Vistula Lagoon. Frombork Cathedral is standing on a hill E of the port is a conspicuous landmark which can be seen from some distance. Frombork Leading Lights lead from FRO Light-buoy through the approach fairway to the harbour entrance.

Quayage and berthing facilities
The harbour basin is shielded by two moles: the western mole with length of 140m and the eastern one with length of 63m. The approach fairway, the harbour entrance and basin are dredged to a depth of 2.0m, due to existence of shoaling.

General facilities

Fuel	Available.
Water	Available.
Slipping	There is slipway for fishing boats.
Stevedoring	Available for live and wet fish.

Fisheries facilities

Ice	Production unite, capacity of 10t.
Cold storage capacity	Not available.
Chilling storage capacity	Room for 20t of chilled fish.
Frozen fish transport	Not available.

Types and size of fishing fleet
16 fishing boats, mainly steel with average length of 8.3m and engine power of 49 to 82 HP

Types of fish landed (in tonnes) (1995)

VISTULA LAGOON

Herring	253.6
Eel	21.6
Pike-perch	20.5
Sabrefish	4.2
Perch	2.6
Bream	2.4
Roach	1.4
Lamprey	1.1
Others	0.1
Total	307.5

Nearest airport:
Rębiechowo, approx. 115km

Other info:
Substantial part of caught eel has been exported to the West-European countries as an alive fish.

General information:
Frombork a fishing port lies at the mouth of Strużyna River, the southern arm of Bauda River, about 4.5 miles southwest of Nowa Pasłęka. In the early Middle Ages a stronghold of the Warmian tribe stood here, but towards the end of the 13th century a wooden cathe-dral of the Warmian bishops and a castle was built on the site of the former stronghold. The first written record of the castle dates from 1278. The church and the castle stood on a high lagoon bank and below them a settlement grew up, which in 1310 became a municipality. Teutonic Knights were plundering Frombork in 1454, when the chapter accepted Polish rule. In 1497 the famous Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus became a member of the Frombork chapter and took up residence there in 1512 for the last 40 years of his life, where he wrote his great work De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium.
In the 17th century Frombork was occupied by Swedes. After the first partition of Poland (1772), Frombork fell under Prussian rule and remained so till 1945. The major part of the town were destroyed during the last war.
At present Frombork is a small municipal settlement with population of about 2680. During the summer there are frequent ferry service with Krynica Morska, Tolkmicko and Elbląg. The town is connected to the general railway system.
After the Second World War, the old harbour has been rebuilt and modernised as a small port serving mainly for fishing boats. The harbour basin has three quays: Eastern 125m long, Western 71m long and Southern 28m long. Fishing boats moor at Eastern Quay. There are workshops and a fish warehouse indicating this basin purpose. The part of the quay which creates the entry to the harbour has mooring posts for passenger vessels and yachts (presently not in use, because of their bad condition).
Frombork serviced tourist traffic. 52,557 passengers took trips on board ships of the "white fleet" in 1996 (1,371 ship visits) to/from Frombork.
Mooring posts for fishing boats and yachts are situated on Western Quay. Harbour of Frombork is the only one sea border crossing on Vistula Lagoon. Yachts and passenger traffic are going to Russian harbours through Piława's strait right to Gulf of Gdańsk.



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